My house is alive! : the weird and wonderful sounds your house makes / Scot Ritchie.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Toronto, ON : Owlkids Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781771471367
- 1771471360
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 640 R611 | Available | 33111008157782 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 640 R611 | Available | 33111008387785 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What's that sound? Starting with a simple question, My House Is Alive! takes readers on a tour of the basic inner workings of a house and explains the scientific reason for the knocks, thumps, bangs, and booms we hear. For example: that knocking sound in the walls? It's caused by the expansion and contraction of metal vents that carry air to heat your home. Creaking can happen when wood dries out, and buzzing can come from vibrating plates inside fluorescent lights.
Two spreads are devoted to each scary sound: the first shows the source of the noise as imagined by a small boy -- a monster, giant insect, or other wacky creature -- and the second explains the reality behind it. Scot Ritchie's explanations of scientific ideas are accessible through text and illustration in this imaginative informational picture book that will dispel fears about scary noises and satisfy scientific curiosity.
Includes bibliographical references.
What's that noise? Explore the strange sounds houses make - especially when it's dark outside! Introduces readers to basic scientific concepts involving energy, structures, and matter that explain all those things that go bump, bang, and creak in the night.